Did you know it's possible for your phone to work half-way?

Well, I'm here to tell you it is possible. Cox finally decided to show up and connect us to their digital phone service -- half-way. Here's the official party line: "Ma'am, for some reason your number wasn't portaled correctly so it'll take another 3-5 days for that to go through. In the meantime you can make outgoing calls but can't receive incoming calls. We can give you a temporary phone number if you want. We'll give you a call when the number's portaled and you'll know you can receive incoming calls cause....well, we'll be callin' you." (That last line was uttered with a smirk.)

So....my home phone is half-way working. And....less than an hour after the Cox guy left, after having told me I couldn't receive any incoming calls on my home phone....my home phone rang. Swear to G-d. It was a wrong number. So....I figured somehow, someway, the fates were taking pity on me and the phone was working all the way. So....I called son #3 and asked him to call the home phone. He called. He said he heard it ringing (you heard a busy signal before today). But, at home, I didn't hear anything. I then realized I could have called my home phone from my cell phone so I tried doing just that. No luck. The home phone just sat there, silent. Oh, well. I can't help wonder how that one call got through.

At least I can lay my head on my pillow tonight knowing that no repairmen will show up bright and early in the morning. At least, none that I know of.